Communication and Bioethics at the End of Life : Real Cases, Real Dilemmas / by Lori A. Roscoe, David P. Schenck.
Roscoe, Lori A., author.; Schenck, David P., author.
2017
QH332
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Title
Communication and Bioethics at the End of Life : Real Cases, Real Dilemmas / by Lori A. Roscoe, David P. Schenck.
Author
Roscoe, Lori A., author.
ISBN
9783319709208
3319709208
3319709194
9783319709192
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70920-8
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxii, 199 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-70920-8 doi
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QH332
Summary
This casebook provides a set of cases that reveal the current complexity of medical decision-making, ethical reasoning, and communication at the end of life for hospitalized patients and those who care for and about them. End-of-life issues are a controversial part of medical practice and of everyday life. Working through these cases illuminates both the practical and philosophical challenges presented by the moral problems that surface in contemporary end-of-life care. Each case involved real people, with varying goals and constraints, who tried to make the best decisions possible under demanding conditions. Though there were no easy solutions, nor ones that satisfied all stakeholders, there are important lessons to be learned about the ways end-of-life care can continue to improve. This advanced casebook is a must-read for medical and nursing students, students in the allied health professions, health communication scholars, bioethicists, those studying hospital and public administration, as well as for practicing physicians and educators.
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Preface
Recommended References for Beginners
Section I
Beginnings/Endings: Complex Issues with Pregnancy, Newborns, and Young Children
Case 1 Does the Nearness of Death Diminish the Value of a Life
Case 2 When Cultures Collide and a Newborn Almost Dies
Case 3 When the Family Wont Decide
Case 4 Aggressive Treatment for a Childs Inoperable Tumor
Case 5 Is There Life After DeathA Case of Post-Mortem Sperm Retrieval
Section II
Decision-making: Families in the Mix
Case 6 What is the Standard of Care for a Corpse
Case 7 When the Palliative Care Team Got Fired
Case 8 A Young Womans Wish to Die
Case 9 When Parents Contest an Adult Childs Advance Directive
Case 10 Please Stop Torturing Me Unless my Wife is in the Room!
Case 11 Who Should Make Treatment Decisions for a Battered Spouse
Section III
Autonomy and other Ideals: Balancing Benefits and Burdens
Case 12 Something More Important than Life
Case 13 Are There Limits on Futile Care for Patients in the U.S. Illegally
Case 14 To Treat ... or Not to Treat?
Case 15 A Patients Right to Treatment (and a Physicians Right to Refuse)
Case 16 A Depressed Caregiver Neglects His Own Health
Conclusion.

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